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FILE ON
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MARGIN IS 80
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STATUS: ENTER ONLY
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NUMBER OF LINES: 629
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ******************* REMOVED: 31 MAY 84 *********************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 PARITYLESS PERSON: NO, COPYLINK DOES NOT EMULATE ANYTHING, IT GOES STRAIGHT
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21 THRU TO THE SYSTEM, SO IF YOU SYSTEM HAPPENS TO EMULATE SOMETHING, IT WIL
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22 USE THAT. THE CPM EMULATOR PROGRAM IS ENTIRLY SOFTWARE, AND OPERATES
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23 COMPLETELY THRU THE OPERATING SYSTEM. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO INTERRUPT
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24 CALLS THAT SEEM TO HAVE BECOME STANDARDIZED IN MOST MSDOS SYSTEMS THESE
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25 DAYS (EVEN THE SANYO PC HAS THEM!) THESE ARE INT 14 (RS232) AND INT 10
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26 (SCREEN CONTROL). THE CPeMULATOR (AS IT IS CALLED) EMULATES A KAYPRO LIKE
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27 99
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28 RUNNING ON AN IBM PC, SO WE KNOW IT WORKS OK THERE. ONE THING I MIGHT WARN
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29 YOU OF THOUGH, IT CAN'T RUN MACHINE DEPENDANT CODE. ALSO CERTAIN CPM
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30 DEPENDANT FUNCTIONS ARE EITHER IGNORED OR PROVIDED IN A WAY THAT KEEPS
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31 SAFE THOUGH THE INFO MAY BE WRONG. SUCH THINGS LIKE THE USER FUNCTION
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32 OR SET DRIVE READ ONLY ARE SIMPLY IGNORED SINCE MSDOS DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
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33 THAT SORT OF THING. OTHER THINGS LIKE RETURN ADDRESS OF THE ALLOCATION MAP
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34 WILL RETURN AN ADDRESS OF A TABLE OF ZEROS AS THERE IS NO EASY WAY TO
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35 PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF INFO ON AN MSDOS SYSTEM. (IT CAN BE DONE, BUT IT
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36 TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND WORK TO DECODE AND THEN REENCODE THE INFORMATION.)
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37 SINCE ALL CALLS ARE PERFORMED THRU THE SYSTEM, IT WILL MAKE USE OF WHAT
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38 EVER YOU HAVE DEFINED AS PART OF THE SYSTEM ASSUMING THE CPM PROGRAM
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39 KNOWS HOW AS WELL. THE PRINT FUNCTION GOES THRU THE SYSTEM AS WELL, SO
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40 I DON'T SEE WHY THE SPOLLER WOULDN'T WORK, AND THE RAM DISK IS JUST ANOTHER
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41 DISK AS FAR AS THE SYSTEM IS CONCERNED. THE CPeMULATOR RUNS ON MSDOS
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42 FORMAT DISKS CURRENTLY IT CAN ONLY READ KAYPRO TYPE DISKS. IF THERE IS
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43 ENOUGH DEMAND, WE WILL BE ADDING OTHER FORMAT READ CAPABILITIES. ALL IT
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44 DOES IS TRANSFER THE CPM PROGRAM TO THE MSDOS FORMAT SO THAT IT CAN BE
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45 RUN BY THE CPeMULATOR. OF COURSE YOU CAN USE COPYLINK OR SOME OTHER
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46 TRANSFER PROGRAM TO GET IT THERE AS WELL.
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47 ********************** CISTOP MIKEY ***************************************:
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48 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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49 I'm on top! ( Mikey doesn't count )
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50 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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51 Morby, not realizing if the nasties were at the Inn, quickly drew his old
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52 battered short sword, and valiantly looked for a tree to hide in.
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53 " Backstab, backstab, backstab..... " he mumbled.
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54 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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55 Sorry, I missed the last two hundred lines of entries, so I not sure what
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56 is happening. <- Morby ->
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57 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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58 WELL, MORBY, WHAT YOU DO IS, TYPE "DB" TO GET BACK TO DRIVE B,
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59 (WHICH WAS DRIVE A UNTIL MIKEY ROTATED IT BACK), TYPE SOMETHING LIKE
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60 "LN 400", THEN TYPE "PRINT". THAT WILL GET YOU THE LAST TWO HUNDRED
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61 LINES BEFORE WHAT IS HERE.
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62 >-< >-< >-< >-< >-< >-< >-< >-< >-< >-< >-< >-< >-< >-< >-< >-<
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63 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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64
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65 L'homme:what essence are you out of,gas? (s-l-o-w-l-y- learning french)
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66
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67 I don't as yet see a need to find our mutual friend,give a man enough rope
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68 and he will hang himself.(as he as pretty much done)
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69 well people,I have found the scum low-life that
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70 has been using my name on BBS systems,his name is Darren Spokely,if you know him
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71 then tell him that he is in DEEP ****.special thanks to Mike Werstlein of TIBBS
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72 (661-xxxx) for his help.
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73 sunday I went to the Ventures 25th anaversary concert,had fun and all,but a
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74 warning to people,use your sunscreens!!! I at this moment am wet-packed in DMSO
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75 and eating pain killers like candy! yes,MIG is Man in Red for a few days!
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76 some of you may laugh,but take the warning!
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77 The Man in Gray--or crispy red!
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78 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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79 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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80 To the Piper - Contribute as much as you can please...you seem like a class
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81 writer. Your character is also quite interestng. I assume that MIG was the
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82 fellow who pointed out the DB command - Thanx. Morby
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83 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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84 From his vantage point in the tree, Morby could see two of the ants moving
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85 in his direction. They stood upright, and carried two of both swords and
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86 shields, and wore light armour. Morby hoped that the others at the Inn could
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87 deal with the other ants.
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88 The two stoped right under his hiding space in the tree without noticing
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89 him. The smaller of the two seemed to take commands from the larger, and then
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90 it ran off to the main group.
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91 " It is good to be back in the swing of things " Morby thought to himself.
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92 Then with a grin on his face, he seized the moment and dropped from the tree
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93 onto the back of the ant. The old sword dug deeply into the creatures back,
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94 and it collasped in a heap.
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95 Morby felt the hair on the back of his head stand up, and he spun to meet
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96 the smaller ant, who had returned. Realizing that all his element of surprise
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97 had been lost, he attacked without hesitation. He parried with the ant, and
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98 then made a mighty blow, but it eas deflected easily by the ant, and Morby's
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99 shord shord shattered. Morby watched in stunned disbelief as the shards
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100 dropped to the earth.
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101 " Oh damn.. ", he remarked casually.
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102 He didn't fell that dying a quarter of a mile away from the Inn was very
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103 fitting, or at any distance for that matter.
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104 The ant regained composure, and advanced....
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106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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107 "Do you think that #152 is too easy on him?", The Doctor asked. "No, definitely not. He'll regret his evil deeds..."
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108 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
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109 Inside the Danger Room, the man in the robes turned to the Black Guardian. "I should really just destroy you once
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110 and for all, but I have a kind heart. Tell me, Where is the Key of Time?"
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111 The Black Guardian begins to say something ("nev..") when he suddenly realizes that the man in the room is
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112 translucent. "You are not real, I do not believe in you!" The man looks about himself, sees what he means, and
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113 begins to darken in, as if the illusion was becoming real. "How silly of me... to remain ethereal. You do not
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114 believe? Well then, upon threat of Spiritwrack I command thee to tell me the location of The Key of Time! Dimat
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115 so decrees!" As the man speaks, the air in the room grows hot, and a breeze stirs in the chamber. "No...you can't
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116 be real!" "Am I not? Then feel the pain!" A scroll of vellum appears before the man, and he begins chanting,
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117 reading from the parchement a spell to induce pain. The words off the vellum glow and fade as they are spoken, and
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118 with a clap of thunder, it is done. The Black Guardian is now on the floor, writhing in pain. "I'll tell! I'll
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119 tell! It's..." As the Guardian speaks, he and the man disappear in torrents of silver flame.
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120 Inside the control room, the Doctor asks, "Don't you think you went a little far with the simulation? Where did
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121 they go?"
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122 Milchar turns from the console, his face white. "I don't know where they went, but the simulation hasn't been
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123 running for the past three minutes."
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124 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar & The Doctor +++++++++
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125 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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126 Note to Milchar: Cute, real cute!!!! You had to do it, didn't you?!?!?!?!?
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127 ??????????
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128 The Doctor whips around to face Milchar. "Say What??? Didn't you key the
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129 simulation?" "I did, but for some reason, after about 2 minutes it shut off."
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130 The Doctor then turns to the consol and sets the scanner for inside the Tardis.
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131 "Let's see now...There's Psycho and Gizmo in the Gameroom...Milch, there's no
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132 sign at all!!! That was really him...!"
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133 The Doctor and Milchar stand silently until a strange voice and familiar form
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134 appears in front of them. #Milchar and Doctor, you two are my prize pupils...
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135 but I cannot let you 'fry' this man like this. Yes, I did turn off the
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136 simulation the moment that he said that he knew that the illusion was not real.
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137 I apologize to you for doing this, but I want to have fun, too!!! He has told
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138 me where to find this Key to Time that you two search for...I will tell you if
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139 you will agree to 'pick up' a small item for me..." The Doctor and Milchar
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140 stare at each other for a moment, then the Doctor says "Mighty Dimat, we have
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141 learned from you, fought by your side, etc. Your wisdom is great, as is your
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142 sense of humor, if this is no joke-then you only have to ask. We will do it."
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143 "Great, this item is on Galifrey, The Doctor's home planet. I need for you two
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144 to get the Lord President's Septre." "Surely you jest!!! The Septre of
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145 Galifrey is as well protected as the President himself. How can we, a Renegade
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146 Time Lord, two aliens, and a Magician possibly be able to defeat the President's
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147 Guards??" #You will find a way...# With that, Dimat vanishes. "Well., Milch.
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148 What are we gonna do??" "I've got a plan, Doctor..."
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149
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150 ??????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor & Milchar ???????????????
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151 **********************************************************************
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152 DREAMTOUCHER: I DO NOT MODIFY MESSAGES UNLESS THEY HAVE CERTAIN THINGS
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153 WHICH I CONSIDER NOT PROPER HERE. I HAVE NOT MODIFIED ANY OF YOUR MESSAGES
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154 TO DATE. THE ONES I DO, ARE THOSE WHICH CONTAIN FOUL LANGUAGE. I EITHER
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155 REMOVE THE OFFENDING WORDS, OR THE NETIRE MESSAGE DEPENDING ON THE
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156 CONTENT OF THE MESSAGE. I ALSO REMOVE MESSAGES PRETAINING ON HOW TO
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157 BREAK INTO OTHER SYSTEMS. THIS IS BOTH BECAUSE IT IS A CRIME, AND
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158 BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT IS ACCEPTABLE BEHAVOIR. (IT'S MY SYSTEM, I
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159 GET TO DEFINE WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE ON IT AND WHAT IS NOT.) OF MOST OF THE
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160 SYSTEMS AROUND, BWMS TENDS TO BE THE MOST RELAXED WHEN IT COMES TO
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161 RESTRICTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE MY LIMITS.
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162 TO OTHERS, THERE ARE CERTAIN RULES OF PROPER BEHAVIOR AROUND HERE THAT
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163 NOT ONLY APPLY TO HERE, BUT TO LIFE IN GENERAL.
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164 1. DO NOT MODIFY OR DEFACE OTHERS MESSAGES. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, TELL
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165 THEM SO, BUT DON'T GO AROUND CHANGING THINGS JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T
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166 LIKE IT.
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167 2. AS STATED BEFORE, THIS SYSTEM IS OPEN TO A WIDE VARITY OF PEOPLE,
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168 SO PLEASE USE A LITTLE BIT OF CARE IN WHAT YOU WRITE. THERE IS NOT
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169 NEED FOR FOUL OR ABUSIVE LANGAUGE. BESIDES, REMEMBER THAT WHAT YOU
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170 WRITE IS A REFLECTION ON YOU.
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171 3. AGAIN, AS STATED BEFORE, I DO NOT TOLERATE MESSAGES RELATING HOW TO
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172 DESTROY OR HURT OTHER SYSTEMS OR THINGS. THESE MESSAGES WILL BE REMOVED
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173 AS SOON AS THEY ARE ENTERED.
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174
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175 BWMS DOES NOT HAVE A FORMAT PER SE, IT IS DEFINED BY THE USERS LIKE
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176 YOURSELF, SO PLEASE TRY TO USE A LITTLE JUDGEMENT ABOUT WHAT YOU DO
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177 HERE.
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178 END OF SERMON
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179 ********************** CISTOP MIKEY ***********************************
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180 P.S. WHEN THE SYSTEM DOESN'T ANSWER, IT MEANS THAT I AM USING IT.
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181 QOQIRRR R R R R R R R R R R
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182 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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183 Mig (Mir?): I would have KILLED to see that concert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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184 Now if you will all excuse me, I'll go to the corner and be jelous.
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185 Bo
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186 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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187 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
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188 as the ant was advancing on Lord Morby an arrow struck its exo-skeloton
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189 and sunk into its flesh.it shreiked in pain
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190 and turned to face its new attacker.pheric tossed a large handaxe to Morby's
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191 feet, "i hope you are skilled with it, it was the only thing i could find in my
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192 pouch"he drew another arrow and fired at the ant,hitting it in the abdomen,
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193 the thing fell over dead.a large party of ants,probbly about 20 was breaking
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194 away from the main body, wich pheric estimated was about 150-200. "i suggest we
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195 find a better source of cover,some of those ants on the way have bows also
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196 he started to search around, and ater a while motioned Lord Morby to
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197 a clump of large boulders.they settled themselves in and waited.the party of
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198 ants did not come to them, they went into a small frest nearby and did not come
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199 back out.......
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200 ///////////////////PHERIC F.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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201 P.S. I HOPE I USED YOUR CHARACTER RIGHT.
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202 MIG:I HEARD THAT DARREN SPOKELY CRASHED 80+ PERMANATELY.
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203 ><><><<>><><><<><><><><><><><><><><<><><><><<><><><>
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204 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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205 ...but I shall need to research a little. Hmmm... we should have been at the Inn by now... but of course the Key
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206 can get us back on schedule. What is needed is a full set of plans for the palace and everyone's co-operation. It's
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207 a good thing I've had mentat training from Dimat... #By the by, Dimat, what did you do to the poor thing?# #Nothing
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208 much, just banished him. More than he deserved.# Milchar and The Doctor set the controls for auto-regenerate, and
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209 leave to find their two friends to begin planning...
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210 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar, The Doctor, Psycho, and Gizmo ++++++++++++++
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211 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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212 Bo:jealous(sp) you,did you also know that paul revere and the raiders were there?
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213 oh how about jan&dean? or the 15 other lesser known but fairly good bands?
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214 (I am SOOOOOO crual!)
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215 Pheric:sounds about right,I was friends with Darren when he was kicked of of 80+
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216 and I know he knew how to do it,it iwas not hard for that board.he also tried west #1
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217 before that and failed,and was caught.tried the Nerd to,and got booted within 15 seconds of login.
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218 I guess he just wanted to take it all out on somebody,because I warned him of`what he was doing wrong,
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219 I guess he thinks I am to blame for all his problems.I hate the thought that some BBS I don't use now
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220 has a bogus me on it.if I find that,heads may roll!
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221 The Man in Gray
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222 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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223 MIG: DO YOU HAVE TO RUB IT IN? ARGHHHHHH!!!!! JAN & DEAN TO? ARGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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224 I WONDER IF IT IS POSIBLE TO STRANGLE SOMEONE OVER A BBS?
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225 XRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXR REX XRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXR
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226
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227 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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228 It may be true that there are two sides to every
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229 question, but it is also true that there are two
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230 sides to a sheet of flypaper and it makes a big
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231 difference to the fly which side he chooses.
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232 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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233 Sometimes the best way to convince a man he is wrong
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234 is to let him have his own way.
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235 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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236 There are two kinds of failures: the man who will do
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237 nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing
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238 else.
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239 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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240 Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll
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241 understand what little chance you have of trying to
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242 change others.
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243 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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244 The practical man is the man who knows how to get
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245 what he wants. The philosopher is the man who knows
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246 what man ought to want. The ideal man is the man who
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247 knows how to get what he ought to want.
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248 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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249 If you think you're confused, consider poor Columbus.
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250 He didn't know where he was going. When he got there,
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251 he didn't know where he was. And when he got back, he
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252 didn't know where he'd been.
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253 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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254 Tact is the knack of making a point without making an
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255 enemy.
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256 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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257 One day, the story goes, a man picked up a hairpin.
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258 He played with it thoughtfully for a moment,
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259 wondering if he could give the wire a new twist that
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260 would add to its usefulness. He bent it several ways,
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261 then stopped when the shape he had arrived at seemed
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262 interesting. He had no way of knowing it then, but he
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263 had just invented the paper clip. The invention,
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264 which took only a few minutes, netted him, so they
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265 say, a quarter of a million dollars.
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266 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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267 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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268 I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and
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269 in his right to life, liberty, and pursuit of
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270 happiness.
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271 i believe that every right implies a responsibility;
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272 every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a
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273 duty.
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274 I believe that the law was made for man and not man
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275 for the law; that government id the servant of the
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276 people and not their master.
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277 I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head
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278 or hand; that the world owes no man a living, but
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279 that it owes every man an opportunity to make a
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280 living.
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281 I believe that thrift is essential to well ordered
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282 living and that economy is a prime requisite of a
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283 sound financial structure, whether in government,
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284 business, or personal affairs.
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285 I believe that truth and justice are fundamental to
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286 an enduring social order.
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287 I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a
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288 man's word should be as good as his bond; that
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289 character - not wealth or power or position - is of
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290 supreme worth.
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291 I believe that the rendering of useful service is the
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292 common duty of mankind and that only in the purifying
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293 fire of sacrifice is the dross of selfishness
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294 consumed and the greatness of the human soul set
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295 free.
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296 I believe in an all-wise and all-loving God, named by
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297 whatever name, and that the individual's highest
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298 fulfillment, greatest happiness, and widest
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299 usefulness are to be found in living in harmony with
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300 His will.
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301 I believe that love is the greatest thing in the
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302 world; that it alone can overcome hate; that right
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303 can and will triumph over might.
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304
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305 Whose creeds are these you ask?
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306 John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
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307 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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308 To whoever input the above: I always thought that tact was a mutual agreement
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309 to be full of bullsh??.
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310 ******************************** THE LAZY ONE ***************************
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311 Sorry to whoever is running the Former if I overdid it. I didn't kill him
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312 you notice just temporarily removed him from the vicinity of the inn.
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313 ***************************** WHISPER ***********************************
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314 &*#()@*%)*%)!*)$*^%)#$*^)%*&)%*)$@*&)*$%)&*@$)&*@)*&)@*$)%&*)*@)&*)$%*&@)*&)@*&)@*&)@$%*&)@%*&)*%&)%*&)*)$%*&)(&)(*)&(
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315 DreamToucher: I was a little confused about your message regarding the gas station and the city. It would be a little
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316 tough to get such 'good' service in such a deserted place... But...if you have read the books in question (no
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317 voyeur, if you are watching, I have not read them), and your story line is a little more along the lines of the books,
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318 I will be happy to change my entry to read... "The station was deserted, and no attendant came to serve us...etc"
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319 MIG : Ain't it grand to have such good friends. I finally read your message on Bit Bucket to Aaron...Tell me...what's
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320 it like to be 1)A kid Sysop, and 2)On the same plane (correct spelling for this sentence) with Kim Flowers?
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321 Bard: Are you there? We need some translation! What we have here is a failure to communicate... (so the story goes)
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322 voyeur: How goes the docs? Are you finished? Hey...it's only one more week to another meeting! How time flies...This
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323 time, let's really make some story decisions...NO excuses this time...
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324 CISTOP:THANKS SO MUCH...IF I GET YOUR DRIFT, I COULD RUN ALL MOST ALL OF THE KAYPRO CP/M 5.25" COLLECTION? WHAT ABOUT...
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325 DRUM ROLL PLEASE...WORD STAR? I MANAGED TO GET A OSBOURNE VERSION UP ON THE LNW, WHAT ABOUT A
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326 LNW VERSION ON THE CP/M EMULATOR? WHEN WILL THE PRODUCT BE RELEASED? (ANY CHANCE...HEH HEH...OF BETA TEST SIGHTS IN
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327 PORTLAND? HINT HINT...SERIOUSLY THOUGH, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN BUYING A COPY WHEN IT DOES BECOME AVAILABLE THANKS...
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328 HAWTHORNE: What kind of terminal program are you using at MLC? What would you say to the offer of a nice PUBLIC
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329 DOMAIN terminal program, if you don't already have one? I can't help you out on the Coco, but I hear Colorcom/E is a
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330 very good program. And WHO was that girl with the different hair color at the last SF meeting? (Just to start a
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331 conversation...)
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332 *%)$*%)#*%$#)%*)#$@% L'homme sans parity - L'ecole ast fini dans deux semains (*)#)$*@)%$*#)$*@$)@#$*
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333
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334 HI,I'M HAWTHORNE.I AM STILL HERE AND GLAD OF IT.ER THAT IS I AM STILL WORKIN ON,UH MY FAULTY SOCIAL SKILLS.?.SORRY FOR ER
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335 WELL TAKING SO MUCH USELESS SPAC E ON THE ALTERDRIVE.THEY WERENT IMPORTANT BUT THEY KEPT THE NIC E MEN IN WHITE SUITS AWAY...
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336 I REDISCOVERED A SFRPG AND WIL L BE OCCUPIED WITH THAT FOR OH SO LONG,ALA LESS MESSAGES...
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337 I USED ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT TERMINAL PROGRAMS AT MLC.AMONG THEM WERE TWO OF MY OWN DESIGN, UNFORTUNATELY ALL OF 'EM
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338 FAILED MISERABLY.I WOULD BE OVER JOYED AT THE CHANCE AT A PUBLIC DOMAIN TERMINAL PROGRAM.I,AS A MATTER OF FACT WOULD BE
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339 CHOMPING AT THE BIT AT ONE.I AM LOSING FACE WITH THE MUNCHKINS MERELY BECAUSE I CANT DO WHAT TH E MANUALS SAY.YOU SEE
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340 THE MODEL ]I[ MANUAL GIVES INSTR UCTIONS FOR RS232 INTERFACE.AND I HAVE THE MUNCHKINS PRAYING TO ME AT DUSK.SO YOU CAN
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341 UNDERSTAND MY PREDICAMENT...
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342 WHEN CAN I GET IT?THE MUNCHKIN S ARE LESSENING IN FAITH.ONE OF THE LITTLE BUGGERS EVEN CALLED ME BY MY NAME THE OTHER
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343 DAY,AND DIDNT EVEN BOW?!?THANK YOU FOR OFFERING.WHAT IS IT IN ANY CASE?
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344 THE FEMALE WITH THE MULTICOLOR ED HAIR AT PORSFIS WAS AN ACQUA INTENCE FROM MLC.I REALLY WAS TAKEN ABACK TO SEE HER THERE.
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345 IN ANY CASE.HER AND A FEW OTHE R ACQUAINTENCES SHOWED UP TOO AND CONSIDERING I HADN'T SEEN TH EM FOR MONTHS I ENJOYED THE
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346 MEETING.THAT AND I GOT TO SEE IF OR NOT THE MAN IN GREY REALLY WAS DRESSED ALL IN GREY.I GOT LUCK IN FINDING THE BLACKWATER
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347 QUADRANT OF THE ROOM.I STROLLED RIGHT BY IN THE QUEST OF A DRINK ING FOUNTAIN AND FOUND A MESSAG E ON THE BLACKBOARD DOWN THE
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348 HALL [SYMBOLISM?].THE REGULAR MEMBERS OF PORSFIS SEEM TO GIVE THE MOST SCATHING STARES TO A NEWCOMER...
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349 THE FORMER IS MINE AND I THOUG HT THE LAZY ONE DID A FINE JOB OF SKIRTING THE FLAILING PAIR.IT ISNT EASY YOU KNOW.
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350 WELL,A TOAST TO MY AT PRESENT TERMINAL PROGRAM;RSVIDEOTEX.I AM STILL TRYING TO FIND 80 PLUS.IN THE HOPES OF FINDING A PEICE
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351 OF SOFTWARE CALLED VIP TERMINAL. FROM WHAT I CAN TELL IT IS THE ONE THAT I WOULD LIKE THE BEST. IT HAS LOWERCASE [GASP,SHUDDER
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352 ,QUIVER-IN-BOOTS] AND BELEIVE-IT -OR-NOT 24 LINES OF 85 CHARACTE RS [EVEN MORE MOCKED AWE...].I THINK THE VDG ON THIS COMPUTER
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353 IS TOO LIMMITED HOWEVER.CANT TEL L UNTILL I SEE IT THOUGH.THANK YOU FOR ASKING.BY THE BY,WHAT IS YOUR HARD AND OR SOFTWARE?
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354 GOOD NIGHT ALL...
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355 HAWTHORNE [THE FORMER]
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356
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357 ----------------------------------------
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358 voyeur,thanks for the info,I am not very into the multi-author stuff,but I will be putting up one of`mine
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359 starting saturday.that being a one(1)`authored story (mine) I w
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360 will use 126 cols. and keep it to a few k per day so as not to anger the locals.and would SOMEBODY explain to me
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361 who or what a porsfis is
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362 hawthorn,glad to hear of the sanity change,hurts,doesn't it! oh well,of for now-tally farm implement!
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363 ---------------shtoner------------------
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364
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365 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::
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366 shtoner: PorSFiS is the Portland Science Fiction Society. It seems to have
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367 turned into an unofficial gathering place for Backwater Innhabitants.
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368 The bard and apprentice were originally there because they are members of
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369 PorSFiS. I dropped in one time while looking for The Friends of the Doctor,
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370 and discovered them. MiG arrived there, I believe, as a result of a BW contact
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371 with the bard. With that small group, we thought it might be interesting to
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372 see who else we could con into appearing, thereby meeting the faces
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373 behind the pseudonyms. Others have dropped in from time to time, such
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374 as piper (he really does play pipes!), The Mad Actor, bo, Fast Fred,
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375 Traveller, Milchar, The Doctor, L'homme sans parity, HAWTHORNE, DREAMTOUCHER,
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376 and others who I cannot recall at the moment because my fan blew my
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377 list of pseudonyms/identities behind my desk where I can't get it easily.
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378 The core group tends to be the bard, apprentice, voyeur, and MiG, with semi-
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379 regular appearance by L'homme, TMA, and the other Sysop for the Nerd.
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380 The PorSFiS meeting is every other Saturday (next one is 6/2) at the Multnomah
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381 County Library, main floor, at 2:00 PM, running 'til about 3:30, at which
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382 time it adjourns to the PC&S Tavern nearby, (where our under-age members never
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383 seem to have any problems). (hope no OLCC spies are reading this!).
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384 It's rather interesting to find out how wildly ones impressions of the people
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385 differ from reality.
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386 Hope this helps to explain what 'porsfis' is?
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387 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::voyeur::::::::::O O::::::::::::
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388
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389 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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390 Waking up with a start, I find the sun shinning down melting
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391 the snow. Another drop falls on my head, and I realize that it
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392 was what caused me to wake.
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393 The fire had gone out sometime in the night, and now a small
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394 stream was running through the small depression where I had made
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395 it. The sun was beating down, it was a beautiful day. I should
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396 be happy, yet I find I am not.
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397 I have tryed to outrun my depression, but all I seem to do
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398 is just tire it. The minute I stop it once more catches up to me
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399 blotting out the sun and turning the world gray about me.
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400 The snow has turned to a dirty white/brown patch on the
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401 ground. Its essence running away to the sea. Rushing to escape
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402 itself as I have tryed. Yet it will be back once again, caught
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403 up in the wind to be deposited yet again where it lay.
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404 Another dirty drop splashes upon my head as if to refute
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405 these thoughts. I get up to move from under this intrusion upon
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406 my comfort, and a moment later a rush of dirty snow rock and
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407 water fills the ground where I had lain, washing the remains of
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408 my campfire away. "The story of my life!" I grumble.
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409 Since I was up, there was no point in sticking around any
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410 more, I would move on and find a more suitable place to break my
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411 fast. Moving further up the hill, I find a group of bolders near
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412 a flat piece of gravel strewn ground. There also I find the
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413 remains of anothers fire. Adding some fresh wood, I restart it
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414 and prepare my late breakfast.
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415 After I am done, not finding any water close at hand to put
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416 out the fire, I pickup some of the dirty snow and spread it over
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417 the fire which quickly puts it out. Turning to face the peak
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418 again, I look upon it and see naught but the task at hand of
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419 finding Emer.
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420 "Ahh, Emer, I fear that my dark cloud has chased you off
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421 once again. I wish I knew what to do to combat this, for I very
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422 much want to see you." Not knowing what else to do, I continue
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423 to trudge up the moutain side. After a moments pause as if it
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424 were confused, the dark cloud that still follows me moved to
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425 catch up once again.
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426 *O* Tarn *O*
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427 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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428
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429 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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430 Walking down the pathway, the piper's boots kicked up a sparkilng galaxy of
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431 failed hopes, dreams, and realities. An occasional mote would fly up as hig
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432 as his eyes; one or two bringing a tear to his eye and a lump to his throat.
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433 He was coming to a more used section of the path now. A large bipedal life-
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434 form rushed by, its elongated auditory apparatus pushed back by the relative
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435 wind of its passage, lamenting audibly about its chronological problems. The
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436 piper paused a moment, turned and watched the retreating rabbit, then resumed
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437 his journey. Coming toward him was a creature that resembled nothing so muh
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438 as an enourmous lavender slug. Its antennae protruded nearly two feet from its
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439 four-foot high body, and a thick smell of peppermint filled the air as the piper
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440 moved well to the side of the path as it passed. The inch-thick coating of
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441 slime the creature left on the path made the footing treacherous for some time
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442 thereafter. Still the piper searched for the destination that eluded him.
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443 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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444
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445 ALLAH'-U'-ABHA'
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446
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447 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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448 MY KNEE SEAMS TO BE JERKING EVERY WHICH WAY LATELY. I STILL SAY IT MUST
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449 BE THAT BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE SKY.
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450 P. HAWTHORNE: GLAD YOUR STILL AROUND.
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451 CISTOP MIKEY: TNX FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
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452 L'HOMME: I'VE STARTED SOME READING RECOMENDED BY BARD. THE DETOUR
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453 IS NOT FROM AN EXISTING STORY (AS FAR AS I KNOW) BUT WAS, EXCEPT
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454 FOR THE PARTICULAR VEHICULE AND OCCUPANTS, AN ACTUAL DREAM I EXPERIENCED
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455 A FEW MONTHS BACK. I JUST THOUGHT I'D THROUGH IT IN.
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456 EEEE...: NOT BAD. THAIR ARE SOMETIMES THINGS WHICH SEEM TO NEED SAYING
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457 WHICH DON'T NORMALY COME UP IN CONVERSATION AND ARE NOT EASY TO WORK INTO
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458 A STORY LINE EITHER. THIS IS THE ONLY FUNCTION OF THE GURU OF BLIS.
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459 NEITHER HE NOR I HAVE ANY REAL PRETENTIONS OF INFAILABILITY BUT NEOPLATITUDES
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460 WHICH QUESTION POPULAR ASSUMPTIONS SEEM LIKE A GOOD IDEA. I WILL PROBABLY,
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461 FROM TIME TO TIME REGRET HAVING SAID THAT BUT SUCH AS THEY SAY IS LIFE.
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462 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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463 AS SOON AS THEY GOT THE CAR TO THE CURB, SNOWRUNNER JUMPED OUT AND RAN BEHIND
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464 THE NEAREST BUSH. A SHORT WHILE LATER, AS WE CONSULTED IN CONSTERNATION, SHE
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465 RETURNED. SHE CHAISED HER TAIL LIKE A PUPPY FOR A FEW TURNS THEN CAME OVER
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466 WIMPERING.
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467 "#I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PLACE DOESN'T FEEL
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468 QUITE RIGHT TO ME EITHER#"
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469 IT WAS LATE AFTERNOON AND IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WOULD HALVE TO FIND A PLACE TO
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470 CAMP FOR THE NIGHT. THE EDGE OF THE GHOST CITY WAS TOO FAR AWAY TO WALK IT
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471 BEFORE DARK. FORTUNATLY THEY HAD A GOOD SUPPLY OF LIGHTS WHICH
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472 DREAMTOUCHER MARVELED AT, AND BLANKETS ET.C. IT WAS MOSTLY A MATER OF
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473 FINDING A SUITABLE PLACE FOR THE NIGHT UNLESS BARD COULD FIND A WAY TO GET HIS
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474 FIELD GENERATOR TO SHIFT THEM OVER A FEW MORE LINES ON WHAT FUMES REMAINED
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475 IN THE CARBURATOR OR THEY COULD LOCATE A SOURCE OF FUEL. PROBABLY BOTH WOULD
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476 BETTER DONE IN THE MORNING LIGHT OF A NEW DAY THAN IN THE FAIDING LIGHT OF
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477 EVENING.
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478 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*DREAMTOUCHER*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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479 Lord Morby: I correct your spelling for two reasons-
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480 1. because I've seen so much bad spelling on the BBS's that I'm starting tohave
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481 trouble with my OWN spelling!
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482 2. Some of your mis-spellings are the correct spelling for a different word!
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483 This sort of thing can ruin the intended meaning of a sentence!
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484 The latest example was when you spelled "feel" as "fell"!
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485 _______________________________Leonard__________________________________________
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486 The apprentice rushed towards the sounds of battle. When he arrived,
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487 he found the bodies of two VERY large ants. After inquiring as to just WHAT
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488 exactly had happened, he consulted with whisper.
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489 The consultation finished, he removed a scroll from a case on his
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490 belt. There was a shimmer in the air as he began to read...
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491 Shortly, the shimmer solidified into an ant lion of proportionate size
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492 to the ants. The apprentice gestured towards the woods and it departed.
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493 ..................
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494 (It's only an illusion!)
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495 (Yes, but THIS illusion has teeth!)
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496 (for all you D&D'ers: Shadow Monster II)
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497 ................................the apprentice..................................
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498 Voyeur & L'homme: I suspect that dreamtoucher's station was the next fuel stop
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499 AFTER the one at Reality 76! (How's that for a compromise?)
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500 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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501 ATTENTION TMA/GAIUS!
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502 Billy Bob awoke slowly. The first thing he noticed was the stench.
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503 The second was the rock in his hand. He dropped the rock and struggled to his
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504 feet.
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505 The last thing he remebered was singing that stupid song...
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506 Now he seemed to be standing in the world's biggest dungheap. Well, at least
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507 that explained the stench! Somehow he knew that the darkness around him was NOT
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508 going to lift.
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509 He picked a direction and started walking...
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510 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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511 Recognize the setting?
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512 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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513 Dreamtoucher: I saw the line disappear too! Somehow you'd gotten an ESC in your
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514 entry. (I took the liberty of removing it!). You might try using CC N & seeing
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515 how things look.
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516 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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517 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::
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518 Bard: poor RZ is going to sue us for plagarism pretty soon.
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519 Good 'service station' compromise. I'll have to ponder for a while,
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520 see what I can come up with (if anything).
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521 I also aint got no 'World of the Imperium' Laumers. Other than
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522 the Retiefs, just Plague of Demons, Earthblood, World Shuffler, & Timetracks.
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523 If all else fails, I suppose we could improvise (what? originality?)
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524 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::voyeur::::::::::O O:::::::::::
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525 *$#)@*$)@*$)*!)$^*%)*&^)#*^)#$*^)%*^)$%*^)*^&)$*&)*($)&*@)*&)$@%*&$)%*&)%*&
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526 bARD: Yes...good compromise. The question is, if we DID get filled up at
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527 Reality 76, how did we run out of gas so soon? Is this due to another
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528 difference in realities? My gas mileage isn't great, but it is NOT that bad!
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529 Anyway...I'll just go along with the story line set by Dream Toucher...(funny,
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530 oh...never mind)...While I steered the car, the others got out and pushed the
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531 car from behind (one of the pleasures you get for owning the car!). Finally
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532 we rolled up to what looked like a suitable place to stop. "Are you guys
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533 tired? We didn't fo THAT far did we?" The look in their eyes told me not to
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534 push the subject...We set about setting up some kind of camp, in the hopes
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535 we could figure out what had happened to the city in the morning...
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536 *)#@*%$)@#*%@)#*% L'homme sans parity - mes amis ne aiment pas une plaisanterie!
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537
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538 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::
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539 That night, while sitting around their campfire and eating tasteless rations
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540 from their packs, supplemented with freshly caught game (courtesy of Snowrunner), the bard
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541 explained the history of the place they were in, and the disapperance
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542 of the Dragons of Bel'kwinith. (go ahead, bard. That's more up your
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543 alley than mine {if you want, anyway}). Finally, having decided nothing
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544 of consequence regarding their plight, they turned in.
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545 Early the next morning, they were awakened by an eerie wailing.
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546 The bard looked puzzled, voyeur and L'homme had no idea what it might be,
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547 and disturbingly, Snowrunner was covering her ears and cowering against
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548 Dreamtoucher. The sound grew nearer, and the group began to prepare for
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549 battle against the unknown. Who knew what might lurk in these desolate woods?
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550 As he waited for IT to appear, something nagged in the back of voyeur's mind.
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551 That sound was vaguely familiar. Wait! Could it be---bagpipes?
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552 If so, perhaps they had a way out of here after all!
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553 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::O O:::::::
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554 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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555 AARON: I HAVE BEEN ABSENT OF LATE, AND DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO EXAMINE
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556 BOTH DISKS TO SEE IF YOU ARE AROUND............ARE YOU? ARE YOU STILL
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557 AWAITING AN EXPLANATION ON THE CLOUD?
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558 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!DEBORAH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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559 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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560 The piper walked slowly along the shining path, wishing that his journey
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561 was over. How he longed to sit at his old table at the inn, trading songs
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562 with the bard, sipping the delicious brew that could be found nowhere else.
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563 As he walked, he scanned the atmoshphere before him. With concentration,
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564 he could discern traces of many who had passed this way. What was this?
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565 Something was familiar about those lines. It couldn't be -- powered
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566 vehicles could not walk the path -- but something very similar -- now how
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567 to escape this meta-reality? Slowly he unwrapped his pipes from their
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568 cover, slid the ferrule of the bass drone onto the stem, and set the slide
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569 to the approximate position. Raising the pipes to his shoulder he blew,
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570 then winced. Moving the drone, he stopped the outside tenor, tuned it,
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571 tuned the bass, then tuned the last tenor drone. As the sound swelled,
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572 he walked the path, the shining dust turning into pavement.
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573 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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574
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575 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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576 Well, guysI'm back from an absence of about a week. Ted Mittelstaedt
|
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577 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The dark flowed around him, with water's
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578 gentle caress. No sound, no light, no taste, no touch met his senses. His
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579 mind reached out in fear as it always did when he used his boots. Meeting a
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580 dead blankness, he lightly rebuked himself for his mind state. He spread his
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581 arms and legs and focused his mind into the inside of itself. "Roll the
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582 Stones tape" he commanded. The startup sequenced grabbed his mind and
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583 twisted it. Lights flared and settled into the familiar pattern of the song.
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584 Music began and he wove it into his journey. The lyrics began and he relaxed
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585 into them. The music grew stronger, reaching its climax and as the full
|
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586 power behind them flowed into its familiar channels he thrust himself
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587 through the space. The patterns began to fade, replaced by the greenery of
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588 the living forest. The music faded also and he arrived, staring up at the
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589 soft leaves waving in the breeze.
|
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590 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++0000000000000001TED+++++++++++++++++++++++++
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591 THIS IS THE PHANTOM WRITTER MISS ME???
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592 WELL I SURE HOPE SO,BECASUE BIG DEAL IF YOU KNOW
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593 MY PHONE NUMBER I DON'T CARE!!!!!!
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594 I'VE BEEN ON HERE EVERY DAY USING A NAME,I WON'T SAY
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595 LET YOU FUGURE IT OUT,WHY DO YOU USE
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596 T.N.WHEN YOU CAN USE MY FULL NAME IT'S SIMPLE AS THAT???
|
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|
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597 Now folks i don't REALLY know what i did wrong in the first place but i want
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598 to know???
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599 If you would leave me a message here or on
|
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|
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600 CBBS/PSC-775 xxxx (you all know that number)
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601 CBBS/NW JIM & BILL'S-646xxxx
|
|||
|
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602 Or you can call my house at the phone you know of
|
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|
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603 and hook up a computer tone so we can discuss this VIA keeyboard!!
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604 Just set your computer on Half Duplex and Talk computer to computer when you
|
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|
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605 call,just leave you computer on AWNSER and i'll hook
|
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|
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606 mine to ORIG...
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607 Now get this folks all i wanted to do was get to know
|
|||
|
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608 all of you i don't like Black Sabbath my freind wrote that
|
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|
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609 Junk!!About the Mob Rules and stuff like that
|
|||
|
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610 i'll i'm trying to get to you why did you all try
|
|||
|
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611 and get my phone number i can easly get your phone number
|
|||
|
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612 as well,i don't want to take up all the space there is
|
|||
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613 so if you want to "CHAT" about this call CBBS/PSC
|
|||
|
|
614 or Jim & bill's or west side or free or Dune II
|
|||
|
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615 Bye for now.....................i'll leave you a msg
|
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|
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616 with my phone number i don'T care if you know it..
|
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617 (DON'T CORRECT THE CAPITAL T GUYS!!!!)
|
|||
|
|
618 well thanks,i really appriectate it!!!!
|
|||
|
|
619 ****************************T.N=PHANTOM WRITTER******
|
|||
|
|
620
|
|||
|
|
621 p.s.now the ex-phantom writter someone is using the
|
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|
|
622 same name on another bbs only Phanotm Hacker!!
|
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|
|
623 Thanks!!!
|
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|
|
624 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
|
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|
|
625 What do you call four Mexicans drowning?
|
|||
|
|
626
|
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|
|
627 Cuatro Sinko... What else?
|
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628
|
|||
|
|
629 THEENDTHEENDTHEENDTHEENDTHEENDTHEENDTHEEND
|
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|
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